FLrora AND FaunaA.—Within the area of Tweedsmuir Park can be
found stands of interior aspen, hundreds of acres of heavily-timbered
Jand in which the dominant species are Englemann spruce and lodge-
pole pine in the eastern parts, spruce with western cedar and hemlock
in the west; winding river-valleys with intermittent wild-hay mea-
dows; steep alpine slopes invitingly green and velvety from a distance,
but apt to be dense with an undergrowth penetrable only by the many
grizzly and black bears which roam the Park.

Here and there throughout the southern section, and also locally in
the mountainous area enclosed within the “ Great Circle ” are rolling
alp-lands, in summer brilliant with the myriad flowers characteristic of
the alpine meadows of the Pacific Coast—avalanche lily, red, yellow,
and white heaths, lupine, Indian paint-brush, heliotrope, several species
of pentstemon, the richly red Lewis’ mimulus, and countless other less
conspicuous species even more interesting to the botanist or gardener.
Here, too, the roving bands of caribou pass their lives, migrating from
upland to upland with the changing seasons. Grizzly bear spend the
long summer days digging out the whistlers or hoary marmots. In
certain of the crags that rise from these meadows goats are fairly
abundant; and in the tumbled rock-slides below the crags the fascinat-
ing and elusive Little Chief Hare or rock-rabbit works night and day
all summer cutting and curing the winter’s supply of hay. Birds of the
uplands include the Clark’s nutcracker, white-tailed, willow, and rock

The modern ferry on Francois Lake.

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